BIMA Awards

Content
winner
2016

How to Survive a Nuclear Bomb

by Jollywise & BBC History
for BBC (Histories team) Taster platform

Project information

Commissioned by BBC Connected Studios & BBC History, creative agency Jollywise were asked to develop a digital interactive experience, based on the recently declassified government war game — ‘Exercise Regenerate’ from 1982.

The end result? An exciting, hybrid, graphic novel experience, that uses HTML5, illustration, and live action footage to tell a gripping story about a post-apocalyptic Britain. One where Britain as you remember has gone, and in the wake of a nuclear blast, you find yourself in a crumbling wasteland of rubble, destruction and danger.

The Government have gone into hiding, which means that for three days and three nights — you’re on your own. Do you trust your fellow man? Or is no one to be trusted? What decision do you make… when every decision you make puts your survival at risk…